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John Russell Series

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Books in this series (8 books)

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1. Zoo Station

David Downing

4.0(10,454)

Englishman John Russell is a member of the foreign press corps in Berlin and a first-hand witness to the brutal machinations of Hitler and the Nazi party in the build-up to war during the early months of 1939. Unlike many of his colleagues, Russell wishes to…

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2. Silesian Station

David Downing

4.1(5,337)

In July 1939 Russell returns to Berlin as the newly-appointed Central European correspondent of an American newspaper. With his communist past, German son and English-American parentage he's the perfect catch for any of Europe's warring espionage services, and none will take no for an answer. Through…

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3. Stettin Station

David Downing

4.2(4,561)

It is November 1941. Anglo-American John Russell is living in Berlin, tied to the increasingly alien city by his love for two Berliners: his fourteen-year-old son, Paul, and his actress girlfriend, Effi. One of a small and dwindling handful of permitted and much-censored American journalists, Russell…

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4. Potsdam Station

David Downing

4.2(3,896)

April 1945. Hitler's Reich is on the verge of extinction, and its enemies are already plotting against each other. Assaulted by Allied bombs and Soviet shells, ruled by Nazis with nothing to lose, Berlin has become the most dangerous place on earth. Anglo-American journalist John Russell…

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5. Lehrter Station

David Downing

4.1(3,814)

November 1945. John Russell is walking home through the grey streets of postwar London when his old accomplice, Soviet agent Yevgeny Shchepkin, falls into step beside him. Shchepkin informs Russell that his masters in Moscow have decided it's time to pay them back for securing his…

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6. Masaryk Station

David Downing

4.2(3,453)

THE HEART-STOPPING FINAL INSTALMENT OF THE BESTSELLING STATION SERIES Europe, 1948. The continent is once again divided: into the Soviet-controlled East, and the US-dominated West. John Russell and his old comrade-in-espionage Shchepkin need to find a way out of the dangerous, morally murky world they have…

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7. Wedding Station (Berlin Station Book 7)

David Downing

4.3(2,889)

Berlin, February 1933. British journalist John Russell watches Hitler's new government tighten its control over the press while SA violence spreads through the streets. The Reichstag fire and the political repression that follows make ordinary reporting increasingly dangerous, especially for a former communist with a British…